Three Sentences That Could Change the World – and Your Life
The philosopher William MacAskill lays out the case for longtermism: “Future people count. There could be a lot of them. And we can make their lives better.”
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Ezra Klein’s conversation with British philosopher William MacAskill probes what “longtermism” could mean for humanity’s future. If humanity survives existential crises such as nuclear war and climate disaster, there could be billions, even trillions of people in the coming millennia. What can people do today to vouchsafe their success? MacAskill posits that a broad moral framework can guide long-term thinking, and society should have a nuanced approach to transformative technologies. While the future is always shifting, humans have a moral obligation to their species’ future.
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About the Podcast
Ezra Klein is an American journalist and host of The Ezra Klein Show podcast for The New York Times. He is the author of Why We’re Polarized. William MacAskill is a Scottish philosopher and ethicist. He is an associate professor in philosophy at the University of Oxford and the author of What We Owe the Future.
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